| 84. Sophomore English - My teacher (All-State BB) openly wept |
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The announcement came over our HS PA system. To see an 6'-4" man who was an Illinois All-State basketball forward hold his head in his hands and uncontrollably weep is an image indelibly etched. Me? I was just stunned and numb.
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| -OK, here we go again, and our numbers dwindle: But where were you 11/22/63? |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 07:27 PM |
#0 |
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a twinkle in my father's eye |
TorchTheWitch |
Nov-21-10 07:31 PM |
#1 |
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Probably in my crib or playpen |
rox63 |
Nov-21-10 07:32 PM |
#2 |
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Three months for me |
tavalon |
Nov-22-10 08:55 AM |
#144 |
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1 day shy of 7 months for me |
Motown_Johnny |
Nov-22-10 03:55 PM |
#176 |
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Home on leave from the marines. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Nov-21-10 07:33 PM |
#3 |
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I thought I saw him walking up over the hill . . |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 07:58 PM |
#33 |
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In first grade. |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Nov-22-10 10:57 AM |
#155 |
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First Grade |
RobinA |
Nov-22-10 11:08 AM |
#156 |
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Home on leave from the USAF. nt |
Wwagsthedog |
Nov-21-10 09:12 PM |
#80 |
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Working a 12-hour shift at the Base Radio Station |
timtom |
Nov-22-10 07:44 AM |
#129 |
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hmmmm.... my wife and I weren't even thought of. |
redirish28 |
Nov-21-10 07:33 PM |
#4 |
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Kindergarten... |
hlthe2b |
Nov-21-10 07:35 PM |
#5 |
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I may have to post that song. Thanks for reminding me. |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 07:37 PM |
#8 |
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Here you are, Worth remembering. |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 09:07 PM |
#73 |
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A turning point for me also. |
amerikat |
Nov-21-10 08:23 PM |
#56 |
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Uh... it was the other way around, kids... |
TheIdiot |
Nov-21-10 08:38 PM |
#61 |
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yes. of course... a bit of a sleep-deprivation derived brain "fart" |
hlthe2b |
Nov-21-10 08:50 PM |
#69 |
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I Was In 8th Grade, Junior High, Austin, TX |
Paladin |
Nov-21-10 07:37 PM |
#6 |
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I was in 8th grade, too, in the Philadelphia area. n/t |
Misskittycat |
Nov-21-10 08:21 PM |
#54 |
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In 8th grade too and still remember |
safeinOhio |
Nov-21-10 08:53 PM |
#70 |
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Like it was yesterday... |
pipi_k |
Nov-21-10 07:37 PM |
#7 |
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Just left a friend's house, on my way to work 3-11, |
TheCowsCameHome |
Nov-21-10 07:38 PM |
#9 |
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Dad was in the Navy... |
Octafish |
Nov-21-10 07:38 PM |
#10 |
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I was home sick from school |
Omaha Steve |
Nov-21-10 07:39 PM |
#11 |
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Me, too, Steve. |
stevedeshazer |
Nov-21-10 09:12 PM |
#78 |
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Home sick. too...sixth grade. |
vanlassie |
Nov-21-10 09:48 PM |
#91 |
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My friend has a similar story |
dflprincess |
Nov-21-10 10:06 PM |
#99 |
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8th grade English class. Our family didn't have a TV at the time |
japple |
Nov-21-10 07:39 PM |
#12 |
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Yep. I was in middle school. n/t |
Fire1 |
Nov-21-10 07:40 PM |
#13 |
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In the quadrangle..Brooklyn College..between classes. |
BrklynLiberal |
Nov-21-10 07:40 PM |
#14 |
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3rd Grade, Parents lifelong Democrats. I remember every minute of the 3 days after. |
laughingliberal |
Nov-21-10 07:40 PM |
#15 |
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Almost there |
EternalOptimist01 |
Nov-21-10 07:40 PM |
#16 |
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I was at a friend's house... |
FarLeftRage |
Nov-21-10 07:42 PM |
#17 |
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I was a sophomore in 6th period Biology class when they |
doc03 |
Nov-21-10 07:44 PM |
#18 |
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In 6th grade class..when the principle walked into the class to tell us we were going home . |
flyarm |
Nov-21-10 07:46 PM |
#19 |
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I was in the 4th grade - Catholic school. We had been |
Roselma |
Nov-21-10 07:46 PM |
#20 |
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I was a zygote in my mother's womb. n/t |
Subdivisions |
Nov-21-10 07:46 PM |
#21 |
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I was in Mrs. Crawford's third grade class. |
blue neen |
Nov-21-10 07:48 PM |
#22 |
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10th Grade typing class - I had quit my church over Kennedy win because of backlash from Pastor. |
1776Forever |
Nov-21-10 07:48 PM |
#23 |
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Apparently, I was in my high-chair... |
The_Commonist |
Nov-21-10 07:48 PM |
#24 |
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Poopin in a diaper. |
progressoid |
Nov-21-10 07:49 PM |
#25 |
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San Angelo,Texas...I was a newly-turned four year-old |
w8liftinglady |
Nov-21-10 07:49 PM |
#26 |
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i ws in third grade. |
barbtries |
Nov-21-10 07:50 PM |
#27 |
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I was a school kid. A lot of people took off from work early that day. I think it was a Friday. |
struggle4progress |
Nov-21-10 07:53 PM |
#28 |
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Had gone home "unofficially" to get some 45's |
FLyellowdog |
Nov-21-10 07:55 PM |
#29 |
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In the office of the college student newspaper where I was the literary editor. |
Hardrada |
Nov-21-10 07:56 PM |
#30 |
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In third grade, wondering why the radio was suddenly playing over |
Lifelong Protester |
Nov-21-10 07:57 PM |
#31 |
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Thanks for posting that |
TuxedoKat |
Nov-21-10 10:26 PM |
#103 |
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It is excellent, it will make you cry, make you proud to know that |
Lifelong Protester |
Nov-21-10 11:12 PM |
#104 |
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Great book suggestion. nt |
BlueIris |
Nov-22-10 03:35 PM |
#174 |
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I was a freshman in college, on my way to a Biology 101 class. |
MineralMan |
Nov-21-10 07:58 PM |
#32 |
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I heard it on Armed Forces Network |
pscot |
Nov-21-10 07:58 PM |
#34 |
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In Dallas |
El Supremo |
Nov-21-10 07:59 PM |
#35 |
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In 6th grade... |
virgdem |
Nov-21-10 07:59 PM |
#36 |
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In 9th grade shop class... LaMarque, Texas |
Flubadubya |
Nov-21-10 08:00 PM |
#37 |
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I was almost four, sitting on the floor |
Bluenorthwest |
Nov-21-10 08:00 PM |
#38 |
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How interesting that even people under age 4 at the time remember it, EXCEPT for GHWBush. |
kath |
Nov-21-10 08:09 PM |
#44 |
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Home with a cold from 4th grade. Looking back, I remember an excitement |
hedgehog |
Nov-21-10 08:03 PM |
#39 |
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High School We were at Lunch |
NOLALady |
Nov-21-10 08:04 PM |
#40 |
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I was a sophomore in college... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Nov-21-10 08:06 PM |
#41 |
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Eighth grade math class |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-21-10 08:07 PM |
#42 |
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I was in the 4th grade and remember the day vividly. |
amerikat |
Nov-21-10 08:07 PM |
#43 |
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I was in school |
malaise |
Nov-21-10 08:10 PM |
#45 |
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I had just turned 18, was in a dentist's chair, of all places. |
dixiegrrrrl |
Nov-21-10 08:10 PM |
#46 |
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George Bush remembers where he was |
thelordofhell |
Nov-21-10 08:10 PM |
#47 |
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No, George H.W. Bush, poppy, cannot recall where he was, but we know a few things... |
Festivito |
Nov-21-10 09:54 PM |
#93 |
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It was my 21st birthday and my best friend had just dropped me |
Booster |
Nov-21-10 08:10 PM |
#48 |
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Wow. Take care, and I hear you. |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 08:15 PM |
#50 |
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Yeah, one of my very favorites. That song is so compelling and |
Booster |
Nov-22-10 12:08 AM |
#105 |
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Happy Birthday. |
pamela |
Nov-22-10 04:29 AM |
#116 |
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Thank you very much. And a belated happy birthday to you. |
Booster |
Nov-22-10 09:08 AM |
#149 |
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try to have a happy |
barbtries |
Nov-22-10 12:32 PM |
#163 |
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I also rember the funeral train. |
amerikat |
Nov-21-10 08:15 PM |
#49 |
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Are you thinking of Bobby? |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 08:17 PM |
#51 |
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You may be correct. To many assinations to count correctly. |
amerikat |
Nov-21-10 08:28 PM |
#59 |
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Yep, Bobby...JFK's coffin was on a wagon pulled by horses... |
pipi_k |
Nov-21-10 08:49 PM |
#68 |
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2nd Grade classroom .... |
Trajan |
Nov-21-10 08:20 PM |
#52 |
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In college. In Boston, MA. |
Sinistrous |
Nov-21-10 08:21 PM |
#53 |
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6th grade, but not a peep over the intercom |
catrose |
Nov-21-10 08:22 PM |
#55 |
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I was 11 months old, ostensibly, I had just learned to walk. |
Thor_MN |
Nov-21-10 08:24 PM |
#57 |
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in my playpen, sensing the trauma that the adults around were feeling. nt |
lostnfound |
Nov-21-10 08:26 PM |
#58 |
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Walking to the book store at the Un. of Oregon, Eugene. n/t |
kiranon |
Nov-21-10 08:32 PM |
#60 |
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1st grade. Mrs. Taylor's class. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Nov-21-10 08:38 PM |
#62 |
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I was living in Japan at that time, in a small fishing/farming village by Sasebo. |
pnorman |
Nov-21-10 08:41 PM |
#63 |
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I was at work in Kansas City and heard it over |
asjr |
Nov-21-10 08:44 PM |
#64 |
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Ninth grade algebra class |
HarveyDarkey |
Nov-21-10 08:44 PM |
#65 |
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Trying to figure out why my mommy was crying. |
uppityperson |
Nov-21-10 08:44 PM |
#66 |
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I was 14 years old, living in France... |
TheIdiot |
Nov-21-10 08:47 PM |
#67 |
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Probably playing in a sandbox. |
bluedigger |
Nov-21-10 08:57 PM |
#71 |
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At the dentist in Northampton, Massachusetts |
Demoiselle |
Nov-21-10 09:05 PM |
#72 |
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I'm with you. What a story. It's still like it happened yesterday. |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 09:10 PM |
#76 |
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The grassy knoll, you? |
AngryAmish |
Nov-21-10 09:07 PM |
#74 |
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I was in school. |
H2O Man |
Nov-21-10 09:08 PM |
#75 |
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sitting in an 8th grade classroom. i don't remember the subject |
ellenfl |
Nov-21-10 09:10 PM |
#77 |
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in 8th grade class at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Ohio |
NEOhiodemocrat |
Nov-21-10 09:12 PM |
#79 |
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Except for GHWBush (wrt your last sentence) |
kath |
Nov-22-10 04:40 AM |
#117 |
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I was working in the Medical Records Dept. in a small hospital |
Individualist |
Nov-21-10 09:13 PM |
#81 |
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My parents were getting married. I would be born 13 months later. |
REP |
Nov-21-10 09:15 PM |
#82 |
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College campus, stunned. |
JohnnyLib2 |
Nov-21-10 09:16 PM |
#83 |
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Sophomore English - My teacher (All-State BB) openly wept |
66 dmhlt |
Nov-21-10 09:16 PM |
#84 |
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where I was |
northoftheborder |
Nov-21-10 09:19 PM |
#85 |
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At recess from 1st grade at Our Lady of Mercy School |
EFerrari |
Nov-21-10 09:19 PM |
#86 |
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Home with my three daughters - I was reading and left the TV off. |
jwirr |
Nov-21-10 09:21 PM |
#87 |
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We were at Fort Dix. Crying our |
emilyg |
Nov-21-10 09:27 PM |
#88 |
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Ms. McCafferty's 4th Period English class, |
Blue_In_AK |
Nov-21-10 09:34 PM |
#89 |
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Mine, too. |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 09:55 PM |
#94 |
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I was a 20 year-old college student. |
frogmarch |
Nov-21-10 09:36 PM |
#90 |
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I'm adding my post to my Journal, thanks to posts like yours. |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-21-10 09:52 PM |
#92 |
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Home sick ... I was 7 years old ... I saw it on TV ... |
littlewolf |
Nov-21-10 09:58 PM |
#95 |
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Peterborough, England |
Skittles |
Nov-21-10 09:58 PM |
#96 |
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I was three |
Danmel |
Nov-21-10 09:59 PM |
#97 |
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Fifth grade |
dflprincess |
Nov-21-10 10:02 PM |
#98 |
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St. Patrick's School Newburgh N.Y....... |
Historic NY |
Nov-21-10 10:08 PM |
#100 |
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I was born 10 years later.. |
disillusioned73 |
Nov-21-10 10:20 PM |
#101 |
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In my 6th grade class on a dark, rainy day. |
pacalo |
Nov-21-10 10:24 PM |
#102 |
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Art class..HS freshman...couldn't believe it. |
Desertrose |
Nov-22-10 12:12 AM |
#106 |
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I was in first grade in a parochial grade school |
Urban Prairie |
Nov-22-10 12:23 AM |
#107 |
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Kindergarten... |
AmBlue |
Nov-22-10 12:27 AM |
#108 |
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Watching Bozo Circus |
KharmaTrain |
Nov-22-10 12:30 AM |
#109 |
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On My Way To The Cafeteria For Lunch After P.E. .......... |
global1 |
Nov-22-10 12:46 AM |
#110 |
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I was 18 years old. |
Lugnut |
Nov-22-10 12:50 AM |
#111 |
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I was a few days old, still in the hospital with my mom... |
yurbud |
Nov-22-10 01:46 AM |
#112 |
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i remember, and don't forgive the unadressed sins n/t |
upi402 |
Nov-22-10 01:52 AM |
#113 |
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I was in school |
DearAbby |
Nov-22-10 02:31 AM |
#114 |
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Nearly 1 year from making my entrance into the world. n/t |
CakeGrrl |
Nov-22-10 02:37 AM |
#115 |
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Zoology class lecture. One of the math teachers who didn't have a class that period came into the |
Citizen Worker |
Nov-22-10 04:47 AM |
#118 |
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We sat quietly in English class, no one speaking, waiting. |
TexasObserver |
Nov-22-10 04:51 AM |
#119 |
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In 4th year Latin class |
eridani |
Nov-22-10 06:31 AM |
#120 |
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eridani |
Diclotican |
Nov-22-10 04:31 PM |
#177 |
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Indeed. And Latin teachers the world over admire Petronius Arbiter n/t |
eridani |
Nov-22-10 09:33 PM |
#188 |
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eridani |
Diclotican |
Nov-23-10 11:32 AM |
#191 |
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Ovaries actually--in both cases |
eridani |
Nov-24-10 09:05 AM |
#197 |
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eridani |
Diclotican |
Nov-24-10 10:17 AM |
#200 |
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Little Caesar was actually a pretty good Latin teacher |
eridani |
Nov-24-10 10:26 AM |
#202 |
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eridani |
Diclotican |
Nov-24-10 11:06 AM |
#205 |
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8th grade, hall guard, across the hall from the school office. |
mwb970 |
Nov-22-10 06:33 AM |
#121 |
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In 8th grade at Sacred Heart school in Houston |
TexasProgresive |
Nov-22-10 06:40 AM |
#122 |
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Home sick from school, watching "Hawaiian Eye," which was interrupted by the horrible news. |
WinkyDink |
Nov-22-10 07:14 AM |
#123 |
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In school in Meridian, Oklahoma, first grade. |
KatyaR |
Nov-22-10 07:23 AM |
#124 |
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In Leonardo, NJ, getting on the school bus |
BlueGirlRedState |
Nov-22-10 07:23 AM |
#125 |
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I was in Camelot-for one brief shining moment. |
bmbmd |
Nov-22-10 07:27 AM |
#126 |
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I was 2. (n/t) |
Iggo |
Nov-22-10 07:30 AM |
#127 |
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I was on an 8th grade field trip inside Luray Caverns in VA. |
Waiting For Everyman |
Nov-22-10 07:40 AM |
#128 |
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Someday they are going to tie Poppy Bush into that murder.... |
lib2DaBone |
Nov-22-10 07:44 AM |
#130 |
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I agree..... |
Tippy |
Nov-22-10 08:44 AM |
#141 |
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Never. If Bush pere didn't get rid of the evidence/records, then Bush fils did. |
WinkyDink |
Nov-22-10 09:06 AM |
#146 |
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I was in 8th grade in Madison Wisconsin.... |
a kennedy |
Nov-22-10 07:45 AM |
#131 |
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I was in 2nd grade, I remember we weren't told what happened |
sufrommich |
Nov-22-10 07:51 AM |
#132 |
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"bigger than 911"? |
BoneDaddy |
Nov-22-10 07:54 AM |
#133 |
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I'm not sure I would say "bigger" but the scope/magnitude |
hlthe2b |
Nov-22-10 08:43 AM |
#140 |
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I understand |
BoneDaddy |
Nov-22-10 11:45 AM |
#160 |
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Hello?! The assassination of a President supercedes the deaths, even many multiples, of |
WinkyDink |
Nov-22-10 09:08 AM |
#148 |
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I disagree |
BoneDaddy |
Nov-22-10 11:42 AM |
#158 |
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"bigger than 911"? |
BoneDaddy |
Nov-22-10 07:54 AM |
#134 |
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in school, we went out to the teachers' parking lot & listened to the news on their car radios. |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-22-10 07:56 AM |
#135 |
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9th Grade Science Class |
remember2000forever |
Nov-22-10 08:22 AM |
#136 |
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Mrs. Olson's third grade class Writght Street School - Corry, PA |
Douglas Carpenter |
Nov-22-10 08:30 AM |
#137 |
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I remember my parents crying |
voteearlyvoteoften |
Nov-22-10 08:40 AM |
#138 |
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I happened to be sitting in front of the TV.......I remember screaming...NO...NO... |
Tippy |
Nov-22-10 08:43 AM |
#139 |
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In Worcester, Mass. |
progressivejazz |
Nov-22-10 08:47 AM |
#142 |
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A four year old |
treestar |
Nov-22-10 08:50 AM |
#143 |
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Fifth Grade. My mom picked me up at the bus stop. Which she never did. |
onenote |
Nov-22-10 09:03 AM |
#145 |
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I was at my locker after lunch .... |
Zen Democrat |
Nov-22-10 09:07 AM |
#147 |
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High School freshman.. |
polmaven |
Nov-22-10 09:59 AM |
#150 |
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November 22, 1963 |
robdogbucky |
Nov-22-10 10:16 AM |
#151 |
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I was in Puerto Rico |
Bombero1956 |
Nov-22-10 10:24 AM |
#152 |
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Grade school |
bikebloke |
Nov-22-10 10:28 AM |
#153 |
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I was born almost exactly 3 years later |
Mad_Dem_X |
Nov-22-10 10:40 AM |
#154 |
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happy belated birthday! |
barbtries |
Nov-22-10 12:12 PM |
#161 |
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I was in the 6th grade sitting in class... |
rexcat |
Nov-22-10 11:34 AM |
#157 |
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The radio was on as I was preparing to leave for school. |
NOLALady |
Nov-22-10 11:42 AM |
#159 |
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I was at work. |
Cleita |
Nov-22-10 12:23 PM |
#162 |
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The nuns sent us home from first grade andwould not tell us why. I came home and my |
saracat |
Nov-22-10 12:50 PM |
#164 |
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I was... |
bhcodem |
Nov-22-10 01:38 PM |
#165 |
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I was but two. |
jotsy |
Nov-22-10 01:40 PM |
#166 |
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Second grade.....and my grandma died that day, too. |
blm |
Nov-22-10 01:41 PM |
#167 |
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Was in the 6th grade, Mrs Davies classroom, a mobile unit at Montclaire |
bluesmail |
Nov-22-10 01:42 PM |
#168 |
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5th grade, Brooklyn NY |
musette_sf |
Nov-22-10 02:01 PM |
#169 |
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I was in fifth grade |
Carolina |
Nov-22-10 02:45 PM |
#170 |
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First grade. |
CrispyQ |
Nov-22-10 02:58 PM |
#171 |
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K&R for the historical and therapeutic value of such a thread. nt |
BlueIris |
Nov-22-10 03:03 PM |
#172 |
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I was 5, remember telling my Mom |
Spike89 |
Nov-22-10 03:12 PM |
#173 |
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10th grade -- Trig class. |
Hepburn |
Nov-22-10 03:54 PM |
#175 |
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8th grade English class, waiting for my Dad to come and pick me up for a dental appointment. |
11 Bravo |
Nov-22-10 04:42 PM |
#178 |
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K&R |
Carolina |
Nov-22-10 05:04 PM |
#179 |
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Fifth Grade Class... |
PCIntern |
Nov-22-10 05:09 PM |
#180 |
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3rd grade, Mark Twain Elementary School |
Still Sensible |
Nov-22-10 05:26 PM |
#181 |
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First grade - in the SRA reading group n/t |
Donnachaidh |
Nov-22-10 06:00 PM |
#182 |
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Driving to the grocery store in suburban Sacramento w/ my 1 year old. |
Divernan |
Nov-22-10 06:19 PM |
#183 |
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Sitting on (my) front porch |
madmax |
Nov-22-10 06:47 PM |
#184 |
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Mrs. Roy's third grade class. |
A-Long-Little-Doggie |
Nov-22-10 06:56 PM |
#185 |
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Before my time by a couple years - but I found this great clip on You Tube |
TBF |
Nov-22-10 06:59 PM |
#186 |
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In school |
mimitabby |
Nov-22-10 07:00 PM |
#187 |
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I was on the swingset in our yard in Indonesia. |
bitchkitty |
Nov-23-10 09:59 AM |
#189 |
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Sitting in my 3rd grade class |
Peregrine |
Nov-23-10 10:02 AM |
#190 |
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I was in 4th grade |
Spirochete |
Nov-23-10 12:31 PM |
#192 |
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Toddling around |
supernova |
Nov-23-10 12:32 PM |
#193 |
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Somewhere being a 3-yo. |
LWolf |
Nov-23-10 12:32 PM |
#194 |
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At the Canada/US Border Crossing |
Tracer |
Nov-23-10 12:39 PM |
#195 |
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6th grade in the gym practicing for some music concert. |
dembotoz |
Nov-23-10 01:20 PM |
#196 |
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Not born yet. |
ThatsMyBarack |
Nov-24-10 09:06 AM |
#198 |
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Not born yet. |
Dulcinea |
Nov-24-10 09:57 AM |
#199 |
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Wondering why my mom was frantically dialing my dad and her best friend Donna |
blondeatlast |
Nov-24-10 10:20 AM |
#201 |
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And those of us who had seen it...how could we ever forget... |
pipi_k |
Nov-24-10 10:29 AM |
#203 |
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I was home babysitting since my wife and some of her friends had... |
hayu_lol |
Nov-24-10 10:58 AM |
#204 |
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